1. (WO2018144068) COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE OF WATER-BASED DRILLING FLUIDS WITH INCREASED THERMAL STABILITY

Pub. No.:

WO/2018/144068

International Application No.:

PCT/US2017/045519

Publication Date:

Fri Aug 10 01:59:59 CEST 2018

International Filing Date:

Sat Aug 05 01:59:59 CEST 2017

IPC:

C09K 8/04

Applicants:

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY

Inventors:

AL-YAMI, AbdullahWAGLE, VikrantAL-BAHRANI, Hussain

Title:

COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE OF WATER-BASED DRILLING FLUIDS WITH INCREASED THERMAL STABILITY

Abstract:

Provided here are water-based drilling fluids containing weighting agents and an alkanolamine, and methods of using such compositions during drilling operations for recovery of hydrocarbons. The weighting agents can include manganese tetroxide and barium sulfate. The alkanolamine can be monoethanolamine. Various other embodiments may be disclosed and claimed.